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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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